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  • ABP News Network No. 1 on Counting Day of Maharashtra and Haryana, Vidhan Sabha 2019: BARC

    ABP News Network No. 1 on Counting Day of Maharashtra and Haryana, Vidhan Sabha 2019: BARC

    MUMBAI: India’s leading media group, ABP News Network was the most preferred news destination for viewers on counting day for the Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly Elections 2019. Surpassing all competitors, ABP News Network retained their top position with 70 Million gross viewership in a day. (Source: BARC; TG: NCCS 15+; Mkt: HSM; Period: 24th Oct'19 (All Day))

    Amongst Hindi news channels, ABP News remained at numero uno position. From minute to minute updates of the elections in Maharashtra and Haryana to political experts drilling down on several policies at ABP News’s election summit, Shikhar Sammelan, ABP News Network made sure that its viewers were well-informed.

    The regional channels of ABP News Network – ABP Ananda, ABP Asmita, ABP Majha and ABP Sanjha thoroughly reported and analysed the Maharashtra and Haryana elections, delivering comprehensive facts and insights on various public issues.

    In Maharashtra, where the state elections were held, ABP Majha was No.1 news channel during the peak hours on the result day, according to ‘BARC’. ABP Majha also created a landmark of attaining    1, 62,000 concurrent users on its YouTube channel on the day of State Assembly Results.

    (Source: BARC; TG-NCCS 15+, Mkt – Mah/Goa, GVMs; Timing – 07:00 AM to 10:00AM on 24th October 2019)

    Furthermore, in Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand, ABP Ganga topped the charts on 24th October, the result day for state by-polls and Maharashtra & Haryana elections. The channel attained this position in the 10 – 75 lakh urban market comprising of top 11 cities of Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand.

    (Source: BARC; TG-NCCS 15+, Mkt – UP/UK 10L-75L, 24th October 2019)

    With a resounding victory on counting day, all channels of ABP News Network have established themselves as the bastions of solid journalism and the gold standard in their respective genre.

    Speaking on this achievement, Mr Avinash Pandey, CEO, ABP News Network said, “It is not just a statistic but it is the faith shown by our viewers that makes us extremely proud.

    Our unshakeable commitment towards reliable and unbiased reporting of the elections has ensured us to be the most trustworthy news platform. Our focus on regional penetration has also helped us in achieving this landmark. We at ABP News Network are determined to maintain our position as the best news service.”

    Catering to a vast audience the network apprised its viewers with all the latest trends, buzz in the market, live reporting, analysis, special programs, etc. The network prioritized its audience and hence is able to retain number 1 position.

  • ABP News restructures editorial team to drive international standards

    ABP News restructures editorial team to drive international standards

    MUMBAI: India’s leading national news channel, ABP News will be the first Indian media organisation in the country to match up to global standards by undertaking major resource restructuring in its editorial department. ABP News is implementing this step to better utilise its talent, empower their editorial to drive more accountability, and to ensure greater clarity in roles.

    The existing hierarchy within the newsroom is undergoing a makeover. This move will ensure the channel is more audience-centric and responsive towards its consumers.

    The roles in the organisation will be more defined wherein, Rajnish Ahuja will be the senior vice president, news and programming; Sanjay Bragta as the vice president, news gathering; Arun Nautiyal as the vice president, news production, Sumit Awasthi as the vice president, planning and special coverage; Vibha Kaul Bhatt as the associate vice president, programme production and Anju Juneja will be the associate vice president, special projects.

    Furthermore, a new role of associate vice president, production and operations will be introduced to work in partnership with newsroom and technology teams. Nitin Sukhija will be heading the same.

    Speaking on the development, ABP News Network CEO Avinash Pandey  said: “Employee empowerment is a core aspect of our organisation. This transformation in the Editorial structure is a breakthrough moment for us and will revolutionise the way newsrooms operate in India. The newly-designated units will act as a catalyst for development in the Indian media landscape and we are extremely proud to lead the way towards this much-needed change.”

  • ABP Ananda organizes its flagship event ‘Sera Bengali 2019

    ABP Ananda organizes its flagship event ‘Sera Bengali 2019

    MUMBAI: ABP News Network’s subsidiary ABP Ananda honoured nine eminent personalities of Bengal during the 15th edition of its flagship event ‘Sera Bengali 2019’ at The Oberoi Grand Hotel, Kolkata.

    ‘Sera Bengali’ is a platform to honour progressive Bengali personalities whose achievements in their respective fields have brought laurels to the state. The recipients of the 2019 Sera Bengali Award are as follows:

    S NO

    List of Awardees

    List of Award Categories

    List of Felicitators

    1

    Ustad Rashid Khan

    Music

    Haimanti Shukla, Singer

    2

    Bratya Basu

    Drama

    Debshankar Haldar, Actor

    3

    Smaranjit Chakraborty

    Literature

    Samaresh Majumdar, Author

    4

    Dipa Karmakar

    Sports

    Jhulan Goswami, Cricketer

    5

    Bimal Kundu

    Art

    Lalu Prasad Shaw, Artist

    6

    Ronojoy Dutta

    Business

    Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, Managing Director of Bandhan Bank

    7

    Abir Chattopadhyay

    Film

    Prosenjit Chattopadhyay, Actor

    8

    Sandhya Mukhopadhyay

    Lifetime Achievement

    Sandhya Roy, Actor

    9

    Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay

    Sera Sera

    Krishna Basu, Former MP of Lok Sabha

    Mr Avinash Pandey, CEO, ABP News Network said, “I extend my heartfelt congratulations to the winners whose outstanding contribution to Bengal and its cultural life is immense. We are proud of the awardees and their work. ANN is known for identifying and honouring eminent personalities from various fields in various regions and through this platform, we want to encourage more citizens of India to take a step forward and do their bit in shaping the future of the country.”

    ABP Ananda is the number 1 news channel of Bengal and has defined itself as a responsible channel known for fearless reporting with a fair and balanced approach.

  • Avinash Pandey, CEO, ABP News Network appointed as a board member of Mobile Marketing Association

    Avinash Pandey, CEO, ABP News Network appointed as a board member of Mobile Marketing Association

    MUMBAI: The Mobile Marketing Association of India (MMA) has appointed Mr. Avinash Pandey, CEO, ABP News Network as a part of the advisory board of the organization. Mr. Pandey has been an advocate of digital accentuation of the network and has been instrumental in ABP News Network’s shift from TV to the digital spectrum. His concerted efforts in generating a strong presence of the network in multiple Indian languages has been a key factor in helping ABP News Network achieve greater heights.

    Mobile Marketing Association is the world’s leading global non-profit trade association comprising of more than 800-member companies, from nearly fifty countries across the globe. The association’s Indian Local Council strives to stimulate the growth of mobile marketing and its associated technologies in the country.

    Commenting on his appointment Mr. Avinash Pandey, CEO, ABP News Network, said, “It gives me immense pleasure to be a part of the Mobile Marketing Association and join forces with some of the erudite think tanks in the business. I look forward to enhancing mobile effectiveness and working on ways to integrate the same in all business mediums in the country and around the globe.”

    Further adding to this Ms. Moneka Khurana, Country Head MMA India, said, “I would like to welcome Mr. Avinash Pandey as a board member and a part of the MMA family. We hope to work together towards scaling mobile marketing through his regional and localized expertise in a diverse market like India.”

  • Broadcasters support return of RPD in BARC measurement module

    Broadcasters support return of RPD in BARC measurement module

    MUMBAI: Broadcasters have shown unified support towards the need to improve the current audience measurement technique used by the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC).

    In their responses to the multiple queries that TRAI had put forth in a consultation paper broadcasters—ABP News Network, Sony Pictures Network, and Discovery Communications India–have contended that the introduction of Return Path Data (RPD) vide digital set-top boxes (STB) will improve the measurement process. They also noted that raw data should be provided to the broadcasters as it will help them in improving their efficiency.

    Another point raised by the broadcasters is that there should be an increase in the number of sample homes used for collecting data. Discovery Communications India noted, “All STBs should facilitate RPD technology, however, the same can be considered to be done in phases. The additional cost would only be limited to include the requisite software and hardware to support the technology.”

    However, the broadcasters did not propose any change in the stakeholding pattern of BARC. Currently, IBF has 60 per cent shareholding while the ISA and AAAI hold 20 per cent each in BARC. They also declined the need to introduce competition in the viewership measurement domain. Discovery Communications India stated that it would lead to chaos and duplication of data while Sony Pictures Networks said it will lead to skewing of results to the convenience of a few stakeholders.

    Responding to the query if DPOs should be mandated to facilitate the collection of viewership data, broadcasters differed. While ABP News Network denied the possibility completely stating that it might lead to data tampering, Discovery Communications India supported the idea saying, “As the subscriber data is already available with them hence it would make the process time efficient and the process easier in toto.”

    Sony Pictures said, “In order for the data collection process to be fair, neutral and immune from any bias, all interested parties including DPOs should be kept outside of the process. However, if DPOs are mandated to roll out hybrid STBs or RPD technology to capture viewership data for greater reach resulting the data should directly reach BARC or else there could be scope for manipulation as discussed above (DPO to act as a pure pass-through). Hence, stringent technology and security checks should be deployed to ensure that the data is not manipulated.”

    In addition to this, Sony Pictures also asked for the draft Personal Data Protection Bill 2018, proposed by the Justice Srikrishna Committee, to be complied with to ensure the privacy of individual information while data collection for viewership counts.

    TRAI had released the said consultation paper in December last year, seeking responses of the various stakeholders to several pertinent questions related to TV viewership measurement. The consultation was a result of various stakeholder meetings asking to improve the existing BARC mentoring format. The last date to file the responses was extended by a month to 2 February on 28 December 2018.

  • India Today’s Ashish Bagga is new NBA president

    India Today’s Ashish Bagga is new NBA president

    MUMBAI: News Broadcasters Association (NBA) has elected India Today Group chief executive officer (CEO) Ashish Bagga as the president. The news was announced at a board meeting held earlier this week.

    Bagga replaces former ABP News Network CEO Ashok Venkatramani following his exit from the channel on 4 November. Venkatramani was appointed as the president of NBA in September 2016 at the ninth annual general meeting where Bagga was elected as the vice-president.

    Times Network MD and CEO M.K. Anand will replace the Bagga’s role as the vice-president, while newly elevated New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV) group CEO and executive vice chairperson K.V.L. Narayan Rao has been elected as the honorary treasurer.

    Bagga, Anand and Rao also serve as the board members of NBA.

    Other board members of NBA are — TV18 Broadcast chief executive, news, and group editor-in-chief Rahul Joshi, India TV chairman and editor-in-chief Rajat Sharma, Zee Media group CEO Bhaskar Das, News24 Broadcast India chairperson and managing director Anurradha Prasad and Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing whole-time director M.V. Shreyams Kumar.

    Currently, NBA has 23 news and current affairs broadcasters (59 news and current affairs channels) as its members.

  • India Today’s Ashish Bagga is new NBA president

    India Today’s Ashish Bagga is new NBA president

    MUMBAI: News Broadcasters Association (NBA) has elected India Today Group chief executive officer (CEO) Ashish Bagga as the president. The news was announced at a board meeting held earlier this week.

    Bagga replaces former ABP News Network CEO Ashok Venkatramani following his exit from the channel on 4 November. Venkatramani was appointed as the president of NBA in September 2016 at the ninth annual general meeting where Bagga was elected as the vice-president.

    Times Network MD and CEO M.K. Anand will replace the Bagga’s role as the vice-president, while newly elevated New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV) group CEO and executive vice chairperson K.V.L. Narayan Rao has been elected as the honorary treasurer.

    Bagga, Anand and Rao also serve as the board members of NBA.

    Other board members of NBA are — TV18 Broadcast chief executive, news, and group editor-in-chief Rahul Joshi, India TV chairman and editor-in-chief Rajat Sharma, Zee Media group CEO Bhaskar Das, News24 Broadcast India chairperson and managing director Anurradha Prasad and Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing whole-time director M.V. Shreyams Kumar.

    Currently, NBA has 23 news and current affairs broadcasters (59 news and current affairs channels) as its members.

  • ABP News Network CEO Ashok Venkatramani departs

    ABP News Network CEO Ashok Venkatramani departs

    MUMBAI: Even as the week was ending, came another shocking piece of news. Ashok Venkatramani, the CEO of ABP News Network (ANN) had quit and in fact had even served out his notice period with Friday (4 November 2016) being his last day at work.

    A hardcore Hindustan Lever professional, Venkatramani was given charge of the network in 2008, when it was a 76:24 per cent joint venture Media Content and Communications Services (MCCS) between West Bengal based print media group ABP and Rupert Murdoch’s Star India.  The joint venture launched three channels Star News, Star Ananda, and Star Majha, in the Hindi, Bengali and Marathi news space.

    The two parted ways in 2012 as Star India wanted to focus on its entertainment and sports business under CEO Uday Shankar with ABP buying out the Star India stake. The parting agreement included the dropping of the Star name from the channels.  Something which many thought would be detrimental for the ABP group in revenue terms.

    Venkatramani had the responsibility of overseeing the rebranding of the channels to ABP News, ABP Ananda and ABP Majha. And he did that pretty effectively. Revenues not only stayed put, they also grew. Venkatramani, after some struggle with the ministry of information and broadcasting on getting a licence, also launched ABP Sanjha in July 2014. His efforts were recognized at 2016’s indiantelevision.com News Television (NT) Awards this earlier this year and he was inducted into the NT Awards Hall of Fame.

    Venkatramani confirmed his departure to indiantelevision.com, saying that he was leaving for newer challenges. And he confirmed that he was being replaced by Atideb Sarkar (the son of ABP editor in chief Arup Sarkar). Not much is known about where Venkatramani is headed, but his deputy and the company’s COO Avinash Pandey appreciated his efforts in a comment to a media portal. As did the ABP managing director and CEO D. D. Purkayastha.

    Venkatramani is currently the president and director on the Board of the News Broadcasters Association of India (NBA) and chairs its HR and sales sub-committees. He is also a former director of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation. Ashok is also a member of the Digitization Task Force appointed by the Indian government.

    He is is a B. Tech from Bombay and has done his management post graduation from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and Harvard Business School.

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  • ABP News Network CEO Ashok Venkatramani departs

    ABP News Network CEO Ashok Venkatramani departs

    MUMBAI: Even as the week was ending, came another shocking piece of news. Ashok Venkatramani, the CEO of ABP News Network (ANN) had quit and in fact had even served out his notice period with Friday (4 November 2016) being his last day at work.

    A hardcore Hindustan Lever professional, Venkatramani was given charge of the network in 2008, when it was a 76:24 per cent joint venture Media Content and Communications Services (MCCS) between West Bengal based print media group ABP and Rupert Murdoch’s Star India.  The joint venture launched three channels Star News, Star Ananda, and Star Majha, in the Hindi, Bengali and Marathi news space.

    The two parted ways in 2012 as Star India wanted to focus on its entertainment and sports business under CEO Uday Shankar with ABP buying out the Star India stake. The parting agreement included the dropping of the Star name from the channels.  Something which many thought would be detrimental for the ABP group in revenue terms.

    Venkatramani had the responsibility of overseeing the rebranding of the channels to ABP News, ABP Ananda and ABP Majha. And he did that pretty effectively. Revenues not only stayed put, they also grew. Venkatramani, after some struggle with the ministry of information and broadcasting on getting a licence, also launched ABP Sanjha in July 2014. His efforts were recognized at 2016’s indiantelevision.com News Television (NT) Awards this earlier this year and he was inducted into the NT Awards Hall of Fame.

    Venkatramani confirmed his departure to indiantelevision.com, saying that he was leaving for newer challenges. And he confirmed that he was being replaced by Atideb Sarkar (the son of ABP editor in chief Arup Sarkar). Not much is known about where Venkatramani is headed, but his deputy and the company’s COO Avinash Pandey appreciated his efforts in a comment to a media portal. As did the ABP managing director and CEO D. D. Purkayastha.

    Venkatramani is currently the president and director on the Board of the News Broadcasters Association of India (NBA) and chairs its HR and sales sub-committees. He is also a former director of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation. Ashok is also a member of the Digitization Task Force appointed by the Indian government.

    He is is a B. Tech from Bombay and has done his management post graduation from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and Harvard Business School.

    Also Read:

    Murdoch set to exit TV news biz in India

    Star, ABP announce divorce; Star News to be ABP News

    ABP’s Punjabi channel, Sanjha, finally gets its licence